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topology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun topology has 4 senses
- topology(n = noun.cognition) Array - topographic study of a given place (especially the history of the place as indicated by its topography); "Greenland's topology has been shaped by the glaciers of the ice age" is a kind of topography
- topology(n = noun.cognition) regional anatomy, topographic anatomy - the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region; Array is a kind of anatomy, general anatomy
- topology(n = noun.cognition) analysis situs - the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions; Array is a kind of pure mathematics
- topology(n = noun.cognition) network topology - the configuration of a communication network; Array has particulars: bus, bus topology, loop, loop topology, star, star topology, mesh, mesh topology, physical topology, logical topology
is a kind of configuration, constellation
CIDE DICTIONARY
topology, n. [Gr. place + -logy.].
- The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [1913 Webster]
- a branch of mathematics which studies the properties of geometrical forms which retain their identity under certain transformations, such as stretching or twisting, which are homeomorphic. See also topologist. [PJC]
- configuration, especially in three dimensions; -- used, e. g. of the configurations taken by macromolecules, such as superhelical DNA. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
topology, n. Math. the study of geometrical properties and spatial relations unaffected by the continuous change of shape or size of figures.
Derivative
topological adj. topologically adv. topologist n.
Etymology
G Topologie f. Gk topos place
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